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Bill Gates’ summer books list.

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Bill Gates reveals his summer 2018 reading list

In what's become an annual tradition, Bill Gates has announced his five favorite books for the season — one novel and four nonfiction works.

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Ruby Barrera, 8, enjoys one of the water features at Jefferson Park Wednesday afternoon, July 19, 2017. She was there with her brother Isaiah, 5 and her mom. They live just down the street so the park is very convenient. There is a chance of rain in Seattle Thursday, but a sunny weekend is expected.

Entertainment

Summer Guide 2018: Plan your Seattle summer with this interactive events list

Lola, a Great Dane, waits for Jessica Paszek and Tyler Hayes to finish tasting cider at the Finnriver farm stand at the Capitol Hill Farmers’ Market in Seattle Sunday April 29, 2018. The market is one of three in the city, including West Seattle and the University District, that are open year-round.

Summer Guide

Seattle-area farmers markets 2018: when they open and more

Arts & Entertainment

Look Ahead: The hottest Seattle events for May 2018 VIEW

Lil Wayne is set to join fellow hip-hop stars J. Cole and Ludacris at this year’s Bumbershoot.(Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, 2017)

Music

Bumbershoot reveals 2018 lineup with J. Cole, SZA, Lil Wayne, and more

Books

Bill Gates’ summer books list.

Bill Gates reveals his summer 2018 reading list

Great reads

An interactive guide to best books from the past few years

Movies

This image released by Twentieth Century Fox shows Ryan Reynolds in a scene from “Deadpool 2.” (Twentieth Century Fox via AP) NYET717 NYET717

7 movies open May 18; our reviewers weigh in

Music & Nightlife

Paul Simon performed during his “Homeward Bound – the Farewell Tour” stop at Seattle’s KeyArena on May 18, 2018.

Reflective Paul Simon goes out on a high note, as farewell tour hits Seattle’s KeyArena

Television

Barack and Michelle Obama are becoming television and film producers for Netflix

Among the content the Obamas will produce as part of the multi-year agreement are films and series, with scripted series, docu-series, documentaries and feature films all possibilities, Netflix said. Unscripted series - Hollywood's euphemism for reality TV - are also on the table. It is unclear whether the couple will appear in any of the...

Theater

The ‘Hamilton’ effect: how a musical changed three lives VIEW

Fall Arts Guide

SEATTLE – Spectrum Dance Theater company members Mary Sigward, left, Alex Crozier, center, and Andrew Pontius rehearse on Thursday, August 24, 2017, in the Madrona neighborhood of Seattle, Wash. (Ramon Dompor / Special to the The Seattle Times)

Seattle's state of the arts

Classical Music

Cellist from royal wedding to appear with Seattle Symphony this fall

Visual Arts

Artist Robert Indiana poses Thursday, Aug. 29, 2008 at his studio in Vinalhaven, Maine. Indiana, who in the 1960s created the pop icon LOVE, now has created a similar image with HOPE, with proceeds going to Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. (AP Photo/Joel Page) MEJP101

Robert Indiana, who turned ‘Love’ into enduring art, dies at 89

Pacific NW Magazine

At Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center’s cell processing lab, patientsâ€™ cells are cultured into wells, incubated to increase the number of cells, collected and then infused into patients.

Doctors, scientists, and researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in South Lake Union in Seattle have been working on curing cancers for decades.
Photographed on April 12, 2018.

The Hutch closes in on a cancer cure

Dance

Look Ahead: The hottest Seattle events for May 2018 VIEW